Drosera amazonica

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Drosera amazonica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Drosera
Section: Drosera sect. Drosera
Species:
D. amazonica
Binomial name
Drosera amazonica
Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent.

Drosera amazonica is a species of sundew native to northern Brazil. It was first described by Fernando Rivadavia, Andreas Fleischmann and Alberto Vicentini in 2009. [1]

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Description

D. amazonica forms a small rosette of semi-erect leaves at the end of a short, unbranched stem up to 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) long. [2] [3] The leaves have a distinct petiole, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.04–0.12 in) wide, flat and tapering toward the lamina, which is spoon-shaped to egg-shaped, 2.5–5 mm (0.10–0.20 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.04–0.12 in) wide. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Drosera amazonica". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Rivadavia, Fernando; Fleischmann, Andreas; Vicentini, Alberto. "A new species of sundew (Drosera, Droseraceae) with water-dispersed seed, from the floodplains of the northern Amazon basin, Brazil" (PDF). Ecotropica. 15: 13–21. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  3. 1 2 Robinson, Alastair; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; McPherson, Stewart; Nunn, Richard; Fleischmann, Andreas (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 3. Poole, Dorset: Redfern Natural History Productions. pp. 1076–1081. ISBN   9781908787187.


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